Today (25 June), U.Khurelsukh was officially sworn in as the Sixth President of Mongolia, taking his oath at a special parliamentary session. The ceremonial session of the State Great Khural was attended by 68 MPs and delegates from foreign diplomatic missions in Mongolia.

U.Khurelsukh, the candidate from the Mongolian People’s Party triumphed in the Mongolia’s presidential elections, which were held on June 9th. He became the first candidate in recent history to win more than two-thirds of the vote. His party already holds a supermajority in parliament.

To mark the event, an inaugural parade for U.Khurelsukh consisting of 200 troops, paraded on Sukhbaatar Square next to the State Palace. The number of troops was reduced from over 3000 after dozens of soldiers were confirmed as having coronavirus. Crowds were also very limited.